The radical decarboxylation of β-and γ-amino acids on treatment with PhI (OAc) 2–I2 is a mild and efficient methodology to synthesize halogenated or oxygenated nitrogen heterocycles. The reaction was applied to the synthesis of bioactive products, such as opioid analogues, iminosugars and new antifungic agents.
[Boto, Alicia; Hernandez, Rosendo; De Leon, Yolanda; Murguia, Jose R.; Rodriguez-Afonso, Abigail European Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2005 , # 4 p. 673 - 682]